Higher gas prices aren’t the only way rising tensions with Iran will hit home

Sometimes under-the-radar luxury comes with a bold spotlight—as it does in Sevierville, TN, the hometown of late country icon Dolly Parton. Sevierville, the seat of Sevier County, sits about 40 minutes southeast of Knoxville, in the northern foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The legendary songstress was famously raised with 11 siblings in a one-bedroom…

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% for a sixth consecutive meeting. Members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 6-3 in favour of freezing the base rate in line with most economists’ expectations. Three members voted to increase base rate by 25 basis points to 4%. Many…

The surveying sector should be central to the government’s plans to reform the home buying process to give buyers access to reliable information about the condition of a property, Houzecheck has suggested. The proposed plans to overhaul the home buying process include legislation requiring sellers to prepare property sales packs before a home is…

He suggested that Americans had become accustomed to rates in the sixes after the initial shock of their spike from the threes – but said they’re less comfortable with a further tilt higher. “Over the course of the past year, people have grown used to 6.25%, 6.5%,” he said. “But as it’s pushing 6.8%, or…

Earnings season can be humbling, so I hope you allow me the opportunity to boast when given the chance. The last time I wrote about Nu Holdings (NU +10.34%) — on June 3 — the Latin American fintech was sliding. The parent company of Brazil’s fast-growing NuBank was reeling from analyst downgrades and mounting headwinds….

New report finds ghosting, ghost jobs, misleading jobs undermine hiring trust